Optimism Quote by A.S. King

“optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to…

— Thomas Ligotti

“By the time you figure out how the world really works, you've already lost about everything you'd hope to keep”

— Paul Pope

“By the time you've figured out how the world works, you've already lost about everything you've hope to keep.”

— Paul Pope

“I don’t know much about the world, but I do know one thing for sure. If I’m pessimistic, then the adults in this world…

— Haruki Murakami

“I realize we all walk around pretending we have some control over our fate, because to recognize the truth--that no matter what we do,…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I’m chasing after that Holy Shit effect. If this sounds arrogant, that’s because it is. If you don’t believe in your own greatness, no…

— Kevin Hart

“It’s the only thing that keeps us from despair when we look at what humans have done to the world.”

— Rick Riordan

“How can anyone be a pessimist in a world where we know so little?”

— Wayne W. Dyer

“Thoroughly worldly people never understand even the world; they rely altogether on a few cynical maxims which are not true.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“I think that there's a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have. You have to believe that something different can happen.”

— Will Smith

“When you've lived as long as I have, you tend to think you've heard everything, that there's nothing left that can shock you anymore.…

— Paul Auster

“Thank God for all of your short comings because it gives the people who don’t belong in your life something to hang their insecurities…

— Carl Henegan